UFC analyst Joe Rogan was not too long ago vital of his buddy, former heavyweight fighter Brendan Schaub. Rogan particularly criticized Schaub for a “dumb” conspiracy theory about UFC 279.
“It’s so dumb. I didn’t discuss to him about that, however initially, he’s mistaken. He’s mistaken concerning the principle.
“He wants a handler. He wants somebody like me round him on a regular basis. ‘What are you gonna do? No, no, no; right here’s why.’ And he’ll go, ‘Yeah, you’re proper.’”
Schaub, who has his personal platform by way of a YouTube present, issued a response with out naming names.
“The opposite factor that irks me, much more, is Dana lies about it. After which individuals will get mad at me, ‘Oh come on! You assume Dana and the UFC would truly do one thing like that? Brendan wants a handler!’
“Do I? Or does your boy want a handler? I’m not the one taking part in seize ass with Mark Zuckerberg. Letting him hire out Thicc Boy Studios, shutting it down for his leisure. You need to’ve run that by me.
“I don’t want a handler. These guys want a handler!”
Regardless of Dana White’s denial, Zuckerberg was everywhere in the UFC’s social media web page in the course of the occasion. This led to Schaub happening a rant about it.
“Any individual ought to’ve gotten within the ear of Dana and Mark Zuckerberg, like ‘Hey, you two wealthy, privileged f—ks, come over right here! Don’t ban the media, don’t not enable followers to attend this occasion. It impacts the fighters!’
“Simply because the man’s a billionaire and stole a f—ng app known as Fb off two twins doesn’t make this man particular. He turned a fan final f—ng week. Stop posting shit. You’re driving away your fanbase.”
UFC Vegas 61’s headliner featured a strawweight battle between Mackenzie Dern and Yan Xiaonan, which the latter gained through majority determination. In accordance with Schaub, Zuckerberg gave the battle a thumbs down.